Fluffy sponge cake on kefir in the oven for a simple cake

Delicious, simple, affordable, lush and airy! A sponge cake on kefir in the oven turns out to be high, moist inside, porous. It holds its shape perfectly, because it is easy to cut it into cakes that can be smeared with your favorite cream. But such a biscuit is perfect as a delicious treat for tea.
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 10 % 6 g
Fats 18 % 11 g
Carbohydrates 72 % 43 g
281 kcal
GI: 2 / 0 / 98

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 1 h 20 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to make a sponge cake on kefir for a cake in the oven simple? Prepare the necessary ingredients. Be sure to sift the flour to saturate it with oxygen. Take the chicken eggs and kefir out of the refrigerator in advance so that they have time to warm up to room temperature.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Mix flour, baking soda and baking powder. Mix well.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    In a separate container, beat three eggs, add sugar (or sweetener, which is not afraid of heat treatment) and beat well with a mixer at medium speed for about 10 minutes. The egg mass should turn white, thicken. Pour in refined vegetable oil and kefir. Kefir is recommended to warm up a little. Continue whipping the egg-kefir mass until smooth and until bubbles appear on the surface.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Pour the whole flour mixture at once. Since flour differs in its properties, its amount may need a little more or less. Focus on the desired consistency.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Beat the mass with a mixer at medium speed. The consistency of the dough should be smooth, homogeneous, similar to thick sour cream. Leave the dough in a warm place for 5 minutes to activate the soda.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Cover the cake pan (diameter 18 cm) with baking paper, grease the bottom and sides with a piece of butter so that the biscuit does not burn. Just in case, wrap the form from the outside with foil. Pour out the dough, smooth the surface with a silicone spatula.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Cover the dough with foil on top. Send the dough form to a preheated 180 degree oven. Bake for about 1 hour. Everyone's ovens are different, so the baking time may vary. Check the readiness of the biscuit with a dry wooden skewer or toothpick. Pierce the biscuit with it in several places, if it comes out dry, then it's ready. Remove the mold from the oven, leave to cool for 5 minutes. Release the cake from the mold and finally cool on the grill.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Ready-made sponge cake on kefir for cake can be wrapped with cling film and left for 1 day. So it will not break and crumble when cut. Cut it into 2-3 cakes and smear it with any cream, for example, sour cream. But such a biscuit can be generously powdered with powdered sugar on top and served with tea in this form. It will be delicious.) Have a nice tea party!

For flavor, you can pour vanilla sugar 10 grams or vanilla on the tip of a knife into the dough along with sugar.

Any oils are useful only until a certain temperature is reached - the point of smoking, at which the oil begins to burn and toxic substances, including carcinogens, are formed in it. How to determine the roasting temperature and choose the best oil for frying, and which one is better not to use at all, read here .

Is it possible to replace baking powder with soda, how to add them correctly so that the baking is lush, how to avoid an unpleasant soda taste and much more, read the article "Baking powder or baking soda - which is better?"   

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Granulated sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Kefir fat - 62   kcal/100g
  • Kefir of 1% fat content - 38   kcal/100g
  • Low-fat kefir - 30   kcal/100g
  • Kefir "doctor beefy" 1,8% fat content - 45   kcal/100g
  • Kefir 2.5% fat content - 53   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Wheat flour - 325   kcal/100g
  • Baking powder dough - 79   kcal/100g
  • Baking soda - 0   kcal/100g
  • Chicken egg - 80   kcal/100g

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